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Research Celebration Awards 2026

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:52:19 GMT

The University of Warwick’s Research Celebration Awards 2026, held as part of Research Culture Week, recognised outstanding contributions to collaborative and impactful research. The Department of Sociology celebrates the nomination of Derya Ozkul for her work on digital immigration systems, and the award-winning project led by Ana Chamberlen, Emily Gray, Ruth Bernatek, Silvia Gomes, and Henrique Carvalho for their Introduction to Sociology and Criminology HMP Course. These achievements highlight the department’s commitment to research excellence, collaboration, and meaningful social impact.

Jürgen Habermas – an appreciation

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:37:24 GMT

An appreciation of Jürgen Habermas by Charles Turner, reflecting on his intellectual legacy, contributions to social theory, and enduring influence on modern political and philosophical thought.

Sociology Colleagues Awarded WOW Award for work with HMP Long Lartin’

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:14:00 GMT

This month's Warwick Wow Award celebrates the Early Career Criminologists behind the HMP Long Lartin Course, for transforming lives behind bars through education.

Sociology Seminar Series Event - Yellowstone, East Palestine’

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:52:00 GMT

Linsey McGoey, a professor at the University of Essex is joining Noortje Marres and Nick Ganes in an event led by Technology Economy and Society Cluster.

Professor Claire Blencowe Awarded Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to study the role of religion in power struggles over mining

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:12:00 GMT

The Department of Sociology are delighted to announce that Professor Claire Blencowe has been selected to receive a prestigious Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. The grant, worth £1.8 million, will enable her to lead a 5-year, cross-continental, cross-faith investigation of the role of religious authority in extractive industry struggles.

Claus Offe: an appreciation

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:51:40 GMT

Claus Offe, who has died aged 85, was one of the leading sociologists of his generation. A student in Berlin in the turbulent 1960s, he studied economics for five years before turning to sociology and thereafter writing a PhD on the sociology of organisations at Frankfurt under Jurgen Habermas.

Meet Professor Virinder Kalra, our new Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (South and Central Asia, Middle East)

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:39:11 GMT

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Virinder Kalra as Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (South and Central Asia, Middle East), effective 1st October 2025.

Dr Carol Wolkowitz

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:38:00 GMT

The Department of Sociology is deeply saddened by the death of Dr Carol Wolkowitz on March 4^th 2025. Carol was a hugely valued member both of the Department and of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender. She will be remembered as a much-loved and inspirational teacher who was devoted to helping students grapple with ideas and hone their sociological imaginations.

You can read Carol's obituary here -> Carol Wolkowitz obituary | Sociology | The Guardian

Public Talk by Ayse Guveli on Turkish Migration to Europe

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:53:04 GMT

In Germany, so-called hashtag#Gastarbeiter migrants were recruited to the labour market from the 1950s. How do their experiences affect their grandchildren hashtag#ThirdGeneration today? Online talk with Prof. Ayse Guveli of University of Warwick.

Sociology Seminar Series Event - Shamim Miah (University of Huddersfield)

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:57:11 GMT

Monday 30th October 2023
17:00 - 18:30
S0.13, Social Sciences

In the second of the Sociology Seminar Series, we welcome Dr Shamim Miah who will explore the works of Ibn Khaldun (d.1406) who was a historian and philosopher and is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology. This event further aims to discuss the paradox of Ibn Khaldun's influences on the formative years of modern western sociology, alongside its marginality from mainstream western academia. Dr Miah proposes ways to bring Ibn Khaldun into the mainstream through the systematic application of his theory. This event will be ideal for those interested in developing sociology beyond the western canon.

Bio: Dr Shamim Miah is Senior Lecturer University of Huddersfield and author of Ibn Khaldun: Education, History and Society